Our youngest was recently diagnosed with intollerances to potato and the sucrose/fructose combination (his body has trouble digesting sugar and fruit at the same time). While we are thrilled to have answers to - and relief from - his hives, swollen hands, eczema, and sore stomach, his diagnosis has changed how our family eats. Potatoes, we have found, have everything to do with pizza.
Do you have any idea how many products at your local supermarket have potato in them? We don't exactly, but in the past week we have learned that potato is definitely not limited to those bins in the produce section and the frozen french fries on Isle 7. Many commercial flours are processed with a potato product. Most skim and low-fat dairy products are fortified with Vitamin A palmitate - a potato product. Packages of shredded cheese are coated in potato to keep the cheese from sticking together in one big glob. Processed meats often contain dextrose, a potato product.
We are not health experts of any kind, but our son's food issues are not unique among his friends. A boy our kids play with regularly has severe tree nut allergies. Another friend has food intolerances similar to our son, but is also intolerant to soy. We wonder if God intended potato to be put in milk? Or if our children are paying for our efforts to preserve food and extend shelf life. We ponder these things as we make our own pizza crust, search in vain for whole-milk mozzarella, and leave the potato-containing pepperoni off his his part of the pizza.
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